The Indian Express
IIT Delhi‘s Entrepreneurship Development Cell and the cybersecurity think tank CyberPeace announced the launch of the E-Raksha Hackathon 2026 on Tuesday. This national-level event will focus on cybersecurity, defence AI, and digital safety.
The 36-hour hackathon is scheduled to take place from January 16 to 18 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. It will be part of BECon’26, the institute’s annual entrepreneurship conclave, and will serve as a pre-summit event for the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
The hackathon aims to bring together student innovators from across the country to develop deployable solutions for emerging digital threats. Participants will work in areas such as AI and machine learning, threat detection, blockchain, and secure software development. The problem statements will focus on using agentic AI to secure home Internet of Things (IoT) devices and detect deepfakes.
“We are proud to team up with CyberPeace to develop practical, scalable solutions that address defence-related problems and enhance national security,” said Lakshmi Narayan Ramasubramanian, head of the Entrepreneurship Development Cell at IIT Delhi.
